Spermatophytes (seed plants): Angiosperms (flowering plants): Monocots: Commelinids: Poales
WEAKLEY'S FLORA (10/20/20):
Carex laxiflora
FAMILY
Cyperaceae
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Read more about Broad Loose-flowered Sedge at Vascular Plants of North Carolina.
INCLUDING
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Carex laxiflora +
FAMILY
Cyperaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 030-17-069:
Carex laxiflora
FAMILY
Cyperaceae
INCLUDED WITHIN
Britton & Brown Illus Flora of Northeast US & adjacent Canada (Gleason, 1952)
Carex laxiflora var. laxiflora
COMMON NAME:
Broad Loose-flowered Sedge
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JK Marlow jkm060429_004
April Macon County NC
Nantahala National Forest: Wayah Ranger District
Culms 30-50cm tall, narrowly wing-angled. Blades 2.5-15mm wide, per Vascular Flora of the Carolinas.
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JK Marlow jkm220419_6921
April Pickens County SC
Nine Times Preserve
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JK Marlow jkm220419_6921b
April Pickens County SC
Nine Times Preserve
Spikes scattered, loosely flowered; staminate spike prominently exserted, per Weakley's Flora (2022).
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JK Marlow jkm220419_6922
April Pickens County SC
Nine Times Preserve
Leaf blades ascending, midrib and 2 lateral veins developed, occasionally slightly corrugated, per Flora of North America.
WEAKLEY'S FLORA (10/20/20):
Carex laxiflora
FAMILY
Cyperaceae
INCLUDING
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Carex laxiflora +
FAMILY
Cyperaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 030-17-069:
Carex laxiflora
FAMILY
Cyperaceae
INCLUDED WITHIN
Britton & Brown Illus Flora of Northeast US & adjacent Canada (Gleason, 1952)
Carex laxiflora var. laxiflora
2063
Grass, Sedge, or Rush
Perennial
Monoecious
Native to the Carolinas & Georgia
Documented growing wild in GA NC SC
Common (rare in GA Coastal Plain)
Habitat: In a wide range of moist to dry, acidic to nutrient-rich forests, per Weakley's Flora
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LEAVES:
Simple
Basal & low alternate, 3-ranked
FLOWER:
Spring/Summer
Unisexual
Perianth absent
3 stamens
Superior ovary
Inflorescences: spikes (terminal staminate, overtopped by 3-5 lateral pistillate
FRUIT:
Spring/Summer
Nutlet
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